Improvement in curry-combs



L Curry-Comb.

No. 202,410. Patented April 16, I878.

\m m ow NPETERS. FHOTD-LITHOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON, D O.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MooEEs com, or LowELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN 'CURRY-COMBS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 202,410, dated April16, 1878 application filed September 26, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MOOERS COLE, of Lowell, in the county of Middlesexand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements inCurry-Combs, of which the following is a specification:

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the brush and comb, the latterhaving a single comb-blade. Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing severalblades.

Arepresents the brush; B, the comb-blade, andO the handle. D is aspindle, to which the comb-blades are attached. One end of this spindleis provided with a screw-thread, while the other end is provided withthe oppositely-projecting arms a a.

The comb-blade B is made of thin sheetsteel or similar spring material.One or more of these blades may be employed, as desired, each one beingseparate from and independent of the others.

Each blade has one longitudinal edge toothed, in the usual manner, andalso one end edge. This latter edge is slightly curved, and, as it isfree to spring and yield in either longitudinal direction, is of greatadvantage in currying around the legs and head of the animal. Theopposite longitudinal and end edges serve as sweat-scrapers, the latteredge being also curved, for the purpose of scraping more efl'ectivelyaround the head and. legs.

The spindle D is inserted through a hole in the center of the combbladeB, and the handle O screwed to the screw-threaded end, thus bladessufficiently firm, While allowing of a slight yielding on the axis orspindle D also. The operation. of currying is therefore performed withmuch less annoyance and irritation to the animal, and with much lesstrouble to the groom, than when the comb has the usual rigid blades.

The arms a a of the spindle D also serve to hold the brush A to thecomb, each extremity of the arms being provided witha screw-hole, sothat the brush may be readily screwed to or unscrewed from the comb. Thecombblades are also easily detached from the spindle by unscrewing thehandle 0.

I claim as new and of my invention 1.. The combination of the handle 0with the single yielding comb-blades B and spindle D, substantially asset forth.

2. The combination of the separate and removable brush A with the combby means of the spindle D, substantially as described.

MOOERS COLE.

Witnesses:

NELLIE M. OoLE, A. K. GARLAND.

